Powell Peralta Rodney MullenBones Brigade Series 17 7.4" Deck

Width: 7.4″
Length: 27.5″
Wheelbase: 12.625″
Nose: 4.65″
Tail: 5.38″

The Powell Peralta Bones Brigade 17th Series Rodney Mullen 7.4 Skateboard Deck has arrived!

The Bones Brigade, aka the superhero team of skateboarding, featuring the legends themselves – Lance Mountain, Mike McGill, Tommy Guerrero, Steve Caballero, Tony Hawk, and Rodney Mullen – are back. Well, sort of. Their spirit is captured in 6 rad decks that are so iconic, even your grandma might ask for a kickflip tutorial.

Series 17 has a pearl white graphic, with foil* highlights. This isn’t just a reissue. It’s a time machine carved in seven plies of North American maple. Each board in the Series 17 collection channels raw energy straight from the streets, ramps and halfpipes of the ‘80s, when skateboarding wasn’t polished – it was punk!

Rodney Mullen won his first world skateboard championship at the age of 14; over the following decade, he won 34 out of 35 freestyle contests, thus establishing the most successful competitive run in the history of the sport. Over the following years, he turned from freestyle, translating his accumulated skills to a newer, different form of skateboarding. He is widely considered the most influential street-skater in the history of the sport, having invented many— if not most— of the tricks used today, including the street Ollie, kick-flip, 360-flip, Impossible, etc. As a consequence, Rodney was deemed ‘Godfather of modern street skating’ in the Tony Hawk video game series, which featured his character over a span of about 8 years.

Beyond Skating: Mullen studied math and engineering at the University of Florida before co-founding World Industries, the largest skate company in the 90’s, which eventually was acquired by Globe Shoes, traded publicly on the ASX. He continues to skate and design, having earned his second patent for a board and truck design, just this year. His skating background combined with his more analytic interests have also opened the door to the TED community, giving talks at two TEDx’s as well as other similar— often tech— forums, such as PopTech, Foo Camp, etc.